Human rights

Global petition with over one million signatures for Nasrin Sotoudeh's release

Amnesty International announced that more than one million people from 200 countries around the world have signed a petition calling for the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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Human Rights Watch calls for urgent investigation into Iranian judicial authorities' role in Alireza Shirmohammadali's murder

Human Rights Watch calls for an immediate investigation at the highest level of Iranian judicial authorities to…

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Reports of the "murder" of a political prisoner by two criminal prisoners in Tehran prison

According to reports in cyberspace and social networks, Alireza Shirmohammad Ali, a political prisoner in Tehran's Greater Prison (Fashafoyeh), was the target of an attack…

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Three citizens from Takab were sentenced to a total of 11 years and 6 months in prison.

Three citizens from Takab, who were arrested last year, have been sentenced to prison by the Iranian judiciary. Organization…

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Sepideh Gholian was transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak, Varamin.

After the re-arrest of civil activist Sepideh Qolyan in February last year, and the filing of a case with four charges, news…

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Mehdi Hajati sent to prison to serve one year sentence

Zohreh Rastegari, the wife of Mehdi Hajati, a member of the Shiraz City Council, posted on her personal Twitter account on Sunday, June 1, 2019…

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Zoroastrian representative protests against welfare directive

Esfandiar Ekhtari, Zoroastrian representative in parliament, in a letter to the Minister of Labor, the Welfare Department's circular prohibiting the hiring of trainers from minorities...

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Sentence of human rights lawyer Amir Salar Davoudi: Total of 30 years in prison; 15 years enforceable

The wife of Amir Salar Davoudi, a lawyer who has been in detention since November 19, 2018, announced on Saturday, June 1,…

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